Skate



(No Model.)

H. s. EVANS.

SKATE. No. 601,013. Patented Mar. 22, 1898.

UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT S. EVANS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,013, dated March22, 1898.

Application filed February 20, 1897. Serial No. 624,4?)3. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT S. EVANS, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Skates, of which'the following, taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings, is a specification.

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of skates totheend that the runner of'the skate may be adjusted pivotally andvertically relative to the foot-plate, thus allowing the skater, whileretaining the natural easy position of the foot, to adjust his balanceover any part of the blade as desired or to correct any departure fromhis customary balance brought about by a difierence in shoes, imperfectgrinding of the runner in sharpening, &c.; and, furthermore, in case theskate is provided with clamps to engage the sole of the shoe, if theuser should wear very wide shoes, vertical adjustment of the runnerenables the foot to be raised to such an elevation that it can be tiltedor inclined, as required, for curves, 850., without coming in contactwith the ice.

The invention consists in the combination, with a foot-plate andattaching devices, of a runner and means for attaching said runner tosaid foot-plate and permitting pivotal and vertical adjustment thereof.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a skate, showing the runner adjustablysecured to the footplate. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the foot-plate andsole and heel clamps of a skate with the runner removed. Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the detached runner of a skate embodying thisinvention. Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the liner]. 4, Fig. 1,showing the manner of securing the runner to the heel end of thefoot-plate and Fig. 5 isa perspective view of the bolt used to securethe runner to the plates.-

A represents the runner of a skate, and b 1) two cars or projectionsmade integral therewith or secured thereto. Said ears or projections 1)b are constructed and arranged to project upwardly from said runner A ator near the ends thereof. A vertical slot cis formed in each of saidears I), as shown in Fig. 3, and said runner A is adapted to beadjustably secured by said ears to a foot-plate 61. Two

pairs of downwardly-projecting ears 6 e are secured, respectively, tothe under side of the foot-plate d, and each ear has a hole through itand each pair of ears is adapted to receive between them the ears orprojections b 2), formed upon the runner A. -A bolt f is passed throughthe hole in each pair of ears 6 e and through the slots 0, formed insaid ears or projections b b of the runner, and said bolt when tightenedclamps the parts together. The bolts f have a shoulder f, which entersthe slot 0 in said projections 12, which will prevent said bolts fromturning.

It is obvious that the runner A of the skate can be adjusted, and alsoeither end thereof can be adjusted independently of the other.The-drawings show a foot-plate adapted to be secured to the sole of aboot by a clamp having two jaws h h, adapted to slide in guideways It,provided on the under side of said foot-plate, and 'said jaws h it haveears e formed on their inner ends, which project downwardly, and rightand left screw-threaded holes are formed, respectively, in said ears d,through which a right and left threaded screw 0& works, the ends of saidscrew being squared to receive a key which is adapted to operate them.The heel end of the foot-plate may have asimilar clamping device, or astud, such as S, may be employed, having a head S, made longest on aline at right angles to the runner and projecting upwardly from saidfoot-plates and adapted to enter a socket formed in the heel of theboot, the said socket being longest in the direction of length of theboot.

The skate is applied to the boot at right angles thereto, and when saidprojection S enters the socket the skate is turned into line with-thefoot, thus locking the skate to the heel'of the boot; but I do notwishto limit myself to sole and heel clamping devices such as hereinshown, as the foot-plate may be secured to the boot in many other waysfWhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a skate, the combination of a footplate having means for securingthe same to a shoe, with a runner therefor, and means for attaching thefoot-plate and runner together, whereby said foot-plate may be adjustedand held at any desired height with relation to said runner, at eitherend thereof, substan-' screwed thereon, whereby said foot-plate may beadjusted and held at any desired height with relation to said runner ateither end I5 thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 9th day of February, A.D. 1897.

HERBERT S. EVANS.

Witnesses:

ALBE O. CLARK, ARTHUR W. EVANS.

